Java Hello World, LLVM Edition
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- #Java
- #LLVM
- #FFM API
- Using Java's Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API to call the LLVM C API and generate LLVM IR.
- Creating a 'Hello, World!' program in LLVM IR from Java and JIT-compiling it to native code.
- Explanation of LLVM IR as a strongly-typed, SSA-based intermediate language with three representations.
- Steps to install LLVM and use the LLVM tooling to execute textual-form LLVM IR.
- Detailed process of creating an LLVM module, adding a main function, and building instructions in Java.
- Using the LLVM JIT compiler API to generate and execute machine code in-memory from Java.
- Demonstration of invoking JIT-compiled native functions directly from Java using method handles.